Emergency Transportation Information

2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR Call the 24-hour hotline Emergencies such as snow, ice, power outages and floods can alter school for a recorded message schedules and affect bus transportation for students. Please refer to this 425-831-8494 information if you are in doubt about conditions impacting the status of school. During inclement weather, Puget Sound area media will carry school closure information between 5:00 and 8:30 a.m.

INFORMATION RESOURCES Emergency Hotline (425) 831-8494 www.svsd410.org - Check the top headline www.FlashAlert.net - Sign up for email and text notification FlashAlert Messenger app - Download for notices sent to local media Radio KOMO KLAY KENU KITZ AM KCIS 630 KIXI 880 KRKO 1380 1000 1180 1330 1400 KUOW KIRO KCMS KRWM FM KNKX 88.5 KGRG 89.9 KSER 90.7 KVTI 90.9 KMPS 94.1 94.9 97.3 105.3 106.9 Television KING 5 KOMO 4 KIRO 7 KCPQ 13 PSETV 26 KONG 6

If there is no message regarding Snoqualmie Valley School District #410, schools are open and running on schedule.

When the school district makes the call for adverse weather conditions, the entire district might not be affected. Therefore, the District is divided into three geographic areas for limited transportation services: Areas A, B, and C. Occasionally, when only high elevation locations within an area are affected, the locations will be listed by neighborhood (i.e. “Limited Transportation Area A: River Bend, Wilderness Rim, the Uplands only”) on the school website at www.svsd410.org

Potential announcements may say:  “Schools Closed”… All school activities are also canceled for that day.  “Schools Open, Two Hours Late”… Morning routes, two hours late. No AM Preschool, AM Encompass, or out-of-district transportation.  “Schools Open, Limited Transportation”… Shortened routes due to inclement weather or road conditions for Areas A, B and/or C.

If there is “Limited Transportation” in the AM, there will also be the same “Limited Transportation” in the PM. Students will be delivered after school to the same location as their morning pick-up location.

AREA "A" NORTH BEND:  Cedar Falls Road – No side roads serviced past River Bend and no service past Wilderness Rim. If this road closes, there will be no bus transportation on Cedar Falls Road.  Wilderness Rim – Main road only, no side street service or stops around the lake.  468th Ave. SE & Edgewick Road – All side roads meet at Edgewick Road. Route goes to 464th Way SE and turns around at the end.  Tannerwood – Pick up at west entrance at 140th Street.  Wood River – Pick up at both entrances at 140th Street.  Middle Fork Road - Bus will turn around at Twin Falls Middle School.  Mt. Si Road - No side roads serviced. No service beyond 470th (River Point)  Uplands - Pick up at 415th Ave SE & SE 142nd St.  Forster Wood – Meet at entrance

AREA "B" SNOQUALMIE (plus, Lake Marie and Lake Alice areas in Fall City)  96th Street: Echo Lake - meet at entrance to 96th.  SNOQUALMIE RIDGE: o No side roads will be serviced. o Deer Park: Pick up at SE Swensen Dr & SE Leitz St (for HS/MS students only). SE Swenson Dr – No elementary bus services. o Aster Creek – Pick up on SE Jacobia St. (west side of street, between Hancock Ave. SE and Snoqualmie Parkway) o Eagle Point (HS/MS only) – Pick up on SE Jacobia St. (west side of street, between Hancock Ave. SE and Snoqualmie Parkway) o Eagle Lake (HS/MS only) – Pick up on Fairway Ave SE & SE Ridge St. o No bus service to Cascade View Elementary. o Azalea (HS/MS only) – Pick up on SE Muir St & Azalea Way SE. o Carmichael – Stops along Carmichael Ave SE not beyond SE Sorenson St.  Highland Drive & Tokul Road - Pick up at three intersections of Main Line & 396th Drive SE, at 396th Dr. & SE 53rd St., and at SE 53rd Way & Tokul Road SE.  Ernie’s Grove – Pick up at SE 72nd St & 444th Ave SE.  SE 80th St (Coal Mine Rd) – No service beyond 378th Ave SE.  Lake Alice (Fall City) - Pick up at trail head SE 56th St.; no transportation into Heather Crest.  Lake Marie (Fall City) - Pick up at 356th Ave SE at the first entrance to Spring Glenn.

AREA "C" FALL CITY  Ames Lake o No side roads serviced. All developments picked up at the entrance. o No transportation around Ames Lake. Pick up at NE 34th St & NE 40th St.  Devereau/Camden Park Area - Pick up at Albertson's on Redmond-Fall City Road.  Issaquah-Fall City Road - Pick up at the lower Issaquah-Fall City Road at the junction of SE 40th St. & Issaquah-Fall City Road.  Montaine – Pick up at 278th Ave. SE and the park.  Alderra Estates - Pick up at entrance at 278th Ave SE & Duthie Hill Road.  SE 8th St – 292nd Ave NE - Pick up at Highway 202 & SE 8th St.  Blakely Woods - Hawthorn Ridge, 290th Ave NE, Tolt Hill Road - Pick up at 290th Ave NE & Tolt Hill Road.  Fall City Uplands - Pick up at 328th Ave SE & SE 48th St.  Riverview Mobile Park - Pick up at “Y” stop sign.  David Powell Road - Pick up at the entrance.  (Lake Alice & Lake Marie – See AREA “B”)

Flooding generally affects the Snoqualmie and Fall City areas. Rerouting is possible in most of the following areas and alternate pick up and drop off locations will be established, depending on the area affected. Areas in the school district most commonly affected by flooding include:  Snoqualmie: 396th (Meadowbrook Way at Trestle), Fir Street, Northern Street  Fall City: Fish Hatchery Road, Neal Road, 324th, SE 24th, and David Powell Road

TRANSPORTATION ROAD CLOSURE PRACTICES When road conditions are such that school buses cannot drive their assigned routes, parents need to decide to either transport their student(s) or keep them home for the day.

PARENT NOTIFICATIONS RE: SPECIFIC BUS ROUTES When conditions impact specific bus routes, the Transportation Department uses a notification system called Bus Bulletin, for when routes may be delayed more than 10 minutes. Click here to sign up for Bus Bulletin service. This is recommended every year since routes may be adjusted over the summer. Bus Bulletin notifications are used for specific routes only. When conditions impact the entire region, please refer to the communication resources above for district-wide updates.

NOTE: Not every emergency situation can be anticipated. Occasionally, after a decision is made early in the morning, conditions that impact the safe transportation of students may quickly change and merit an adjustment. Families are encouraged to double check the communication resources above, just before leaving home for school, in case conditions have worsened. Also, parents should develop an emergency plan with their children, and make sure their school has their accurate contact information, in the event of an early closure.

To learn how decisions are made around schedule changes, read Be Prepared for School Schedule Changes.

If you have additional questions, please contact the Transportation department at 425-831-8020.